Publications by authors named "Polite F"

Objective:  Significant racial and ethnic disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality as well as gynecologic outcomes persist in the United States. The role of ambulatory care in obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN), particularly in facilities that separate resident and attending care along payor (and de facto racial) lines, remains unclear. This study examines patient perspectives on payor-segregated health care delivery in an academic medical center (AMC) and opinions on possible integration.

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Background: Medicaid, unlike any other insurance mechanism, imposes a consent requirement on female patients desiring sterilization that must be completed at least 30 days, but no more than 180 days, before sterilization. Desired sterilization cannot be completed in the Medicaid population without this consent. Large-scale national evidence is lacking on the effect of this requirement.

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Unlabelled: AbstractObjective: We performed this study to examine patients' choices to permit or refuse medical student pelvic examinations under anesthesia (EUAs) during planned gynecologic procedures.

Design: We conducted an exploratory retrospective chart review of electronic consent forms at a single academic medical center using contingency tables, logistic regression, and nonparametric tests to explore relationships between patient and physician characteristics and consent.

Results: We identified and downloaded electronic consent forms for a census of 4,000 patients undergoing gynecologic surgery from September 2020 through calendar year 2022.

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Objective: To evaluate the reasons for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy during pregnancy.

Design: We used regular expressions to identify publicly available social media posts from pregnant people expressing at least one reason for their decision not to accept COVID-19 vaccine.

Setting: Two social media platforms - WhatToExpect and Twitter.

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As physicians who represent differing specialties of obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, and pediatrics, we have repeatedly experienced stories of sexual assault in the context of our various patient encounters. Although our individual specialties give detailed guidelines for physicians and cover the medical, legal, and mental health aspects, we propose that all physicians should use another category called social responsibility. The mainstay of our social responsibility is to provide the victim with the support and resources to overcome this trauma.

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Background: A portable electronic method of providing instructional feedback and recording an evaluation of resident competency immediately following surgical procedures has not previously been documented in obstetrics and gynecology.

Objective: This report presents a unique electronic format that documents resident competency and encourages verbal communication between faculty and residents immediately following operative procedures.

Methods: The Microsoft Tag system and SurveyMonkey platform were linked by a 2-D QR code using Microsoft QR code generator.

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Approximately 500,000 hysterectomies are performed each year in the United States despite the existence of numerous nondefinitive alternatives. Gaining an understanding of the relationship between quality, safety, and cost is critical to gynecologists performing this procedure. Analysis of quality measures includes important process measures such as time-out procedures, the Surgical Care Improvement Project, Peer Review, and Credentialing.

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